King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
The climax of the concept half of Infest the Rats' Nest, Self-Immolate details the crew of the VENUSIAN 2, who have been looking for a new planet to inhabit, finally arriving and crashing into the skies of Venus. The constant tornado sulfur winds however, caused the crude to be unceasingly seasick a...
[Verse 1]
I have gone insane-o
I lust for volcano
Be with molten lava
Give me my nirvana
I have no vertigo
I lust for tornado
Be a leaf upon air
Venusian mal-de-mer (Oh)
[Chorus]
Venusian sickness dire
I want to be set on fire
Venusian, gather while I
Venusian-ly catch on fire
Auto-cremate
Self-immolate
[Verse 2]
Like a bird in a cage
Aerostat habitat
To motion, I am slave
Give me hell, I want that
Venusian sickness
Venusian bilious
Venusian nausea
Venusian mal-de-mer (Oh)
[Chorus]
Venusian sickness dire
I want to be set on fire
Venusian, gather while I
Venusian-ly catch on fire
[Outro]
Auto-cremate (Auto-cremate)
Self-immolate (Self-immolate)
Self-Immolate was written by Michael Cavanagh & Joey Walker & Stu Mackenzie.
Self-Immolate was produced by Stu Mackenzie.
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard released Self-Immolate on Tue May 28 2019.
The song is about being on a spaceship on Venus and jumping on to the surface and turning into a ball of flames
— Stu Mackenzie via triple j radio
The B-side [of Infest the Rats' Nest] tells the story of a group of rebels who are forced to leave Planet Earth and try to settle on Venus.
— Stu Mack...